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====Volga Germans==== | ====Volga Germans==== | ||
[[File:Volga German area.gif| | [[File:Volga German area.gif|300px|thumb|right]] | ||
*The '''Volga Germans''' are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov and to the south. | *The '''Volga Germans''' are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov and to the south. | ||
*Recruited as immigrants to Russia in the 18th century, they were allowed to maintain their German culture, language, traditions and churches (Lutheran, Reformed, Catholics, Moravians and Mennonites). | *Recruited as immigrants to Russia in the 18th century, they were allowed to maintain their German culture, language, traditions and churches (Lutheran, Reformed, Catholics, Moravians and Mennonites). | ||